Improvement in floating velocipedes



liaird itatre @anni dtiiyiw JULES MARIE DE LA RUE, OF .NOGENT SUR MARNE,NEAR PARIS, I

FRANCE.

v Letters Patent No. 94,294, dated August 31, 1869; patented in France,December 14, 1868.

IMPRO-'V'EMENT IN FLOATING VELOCIPEDES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULES MARIE DE LA Ruit, 'of Nogent sur Marne, nearParis, in the Empire of France, have invented a nautical'velocipedecalled Tachypodoscaph; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable 'othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being 'had totheaccompanying drawings, forming part oi' this specification.

This invention relates toa locomotive nautical apparatus calledtachypodoscaph The principle of this apparatus rests on the use of apaddle-wheel, which is operated by treadles, and is ari ranged betweentwo floats, as hereinafter described.

Hy tachypodoscaph is composed of two or more floats or boats, connectedby crossbars,and so set apart from one another as to allow the drivingpaddlewheel to be fitted between them.

The paddle-wheels are set in motion by tradles, much like those in usefor land yelocipedes, and the apparatus is steered by a rudder, workedbya Vaucan son or other wheel. i

The operator sits astride on a saddle fixed ou a steel spring, while hisfeet rest on and actnate the treadle, his hands resting on thehorizontal steering-bar.

The bar being connected with the helm will act upon the same with alldesirable force and rapidity.

In case the equilibrium is accidentally lost, the action of the handswill quickly re-establish it by throwing the weight ofthe body to theopposite side.

l may provide my wheels with any number of pad- Y dles, but 1 preferlimiting them to twelve, so as to perfectly equalize the expense offorce and the pro-l ated by a Vaucansou or other wheel, keyed to thetiller-rod.

In the accompanying drawingsn apparatus.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A A' A" A are boats or floats, 'and made of any- M M is the steel sheetand spring, supporting the saddle or seat.

N is the India-rubber or other saddle or seat. O O are wrought-ironforks, admitting the con- Y nectin'g-rods ofthe treadles and thehelmrod.

l P is the sheet-iron paddle-box; and Q Q, cross-bars.

. The seat or saddle may be single or double; that is to say, fitted forone person or two. It is movable, and made to slide on rails orotherwise.

Having thus described -my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patenty Theherein-described nautical velocipede,'consisting of the floats A A',united by the cross-bars g,the pad- (lle-wheel H, enclosed in box O,spring supports M M', for the saddle N, the lforks O0", balance-rudderK., and tillerlxopes L L', all combined, arranged, and constructed asshown. l

DE LA'RUE.

Witnesses:l l

F. Onoo'r'r, LAVURLLE.

